The duchess of Alba, Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, faithful lover of the bulls, represented yesterday together with the mayor of Malaga, Francisco de la Torre, to the bullfight of the Fair of Malaga, which was celebrated in the bullring of the Malagueta.

For the first time in Andalusia, Alba's House will show in the Museum of Fine arts of Sevilla, between September and December, 2009, a selection of the improvements works of art of its impressive collection of painting, with pieces that they go from the 15th century until beginning of the XXth. Pictures of Goya, Murillo, Tiziano, El Greco, Rubens, Go Dyck, There go Loo, Mengs, Fra Angelico and Veronés, between others, they will be able to be seen in this appointment that will be celebrated in the room of temporary exhibitions of the Sevillian art gallery.

The works will come in the main from Liria's Palace of Madrid, though also there might be someone of the Dueñas´Sevillian Palace, as some Mariano Benlliure's sculpture, as reported yesterday sources of the Council of Culture of Andalucia and Cajasol, financial institution who will finance the sample to equal parts with the Meeting. For her part, current holder of the Duchy of Alba, Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, takes part in the project of a totally disinterested way.
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Lula, can you maybe tell me who Olivia de Borbon is? I've never really heard of her . Is she related to the spanish royal family?

She is the daughter of Francisco de Paula de Borbón y Escafany, Duch of Sevilla (second or third cousin of the King) and Beatriz von Hardenberg Zü Furstenberg. She became sadly famous for taking part in a reality show .

In agreement with this information, the Duchy will be inherited by his uncle Luis, major brother of his father, or even with the current laws his aunt might inherit it. Rafael, supports the title of Duke of Feria that belong to his father.

thanks lula for the info
I have never seen a pic of the oldest Medinacelli son, that's what I was wondering
the aunt can inherit? I thought the nobility in Spain was ruled by salic laws.
or has it been changed?

thanks lula for the info
I have never seen a pic of the oldest Medinacelli son, that's what I was wondering
the aunt can inherit? I thought the nobility in Spain was ruled by salic laws.
or has it been changed?

I believe that it was last year when the government changed the law in order that the women had the same rights that the men in the succession to the pertaining to nobility titles.

I believe that in general, except several very mass media nobles as the Family Alba, in Spain there are not known publicly all the nobles who exist. In case of the boys Medina-Abascal they are known because their mother always is of party in party with the famous designers and for the terrible history that their father led.

I think the two "biggest" aristocratic houses are Alba and Medinacelli, the others aren't that much important

So are the families of Alba and Medinacelli related somewhat to the SRF? I'm not very familiar with Spanish nobility just their royal family. Are the Spanish nobilities own the limelight like the English aristocrats?

I didn't know that Spain has so many members of nobility just like in England.

There are zillions of them. The reason that, unlike their British counterparts, they are not known except for the internationally prestigious Alba family and a few more, is that the Spanish nobility has no statutory power whatsoever. Moreover, King Juan Carlos has kept them at bay, which is something the Spanish nobility holds against him, even though nobody dares complain, in view of the fact that the King has brought stability in the country.
in Great Britain, in contrast, the nobility enjoys power through the House of Lords as well as via strong relations with the monarchy.